Lady Indians get even against Olney

After dropping three of five games last week, the Olney Lady Tigers opened their seventh week of the 2013 regular season with another loss on Monday as they fell to the Lawrenceville Lady Indians 4-2 in a Little Illini Conference matchup at Phil Alsman Memorial Field.

After dropping three of five games last week, the Olney Lady Tigers opened their seventh week of the 2013 regular season with another loss on Monday as they fell to the Lawrenceville Lady Indians 4-2 in a Little Illini Conference matchup at Phil Alsman Memorial Field.

Shyloh Hearn went the distance in the circle and Heidi Litherland had two RBI in the leadoff spot for the Lady Indians (5-7, 2-5 LIC), who plated three two-out runs in the bottom of the fourth to build a 4-0 lead.

Olney (14-5, 4-3) got on the board in the fifth thanks to back-to-back doubles by Taylor Barrick and Kenzie Zwilling and Rachel Wisner whacked a solo shot to start the sixth but Hearn held the Lady Tigers scoreless the rest of the way to earn her fifth win of the year.

"We had one bad inning that cost us the ball game," said Olney head coach Matt Powell, whose squad blanked Lawrenceville 4-0 on April 5 at East Richland High School. "I tip my hat to coach Dave Berry and his team. They've improved tremendously since we played them earlier in the season and wanted it a little bit more than we did today."

The Lady Tigers made three errors behind Elizabeth Walker, who was not charged with an earned run. Walker struck out seven batters and issued one walk.

The teams recorded six hits apiece. Litherland and Amerae Miller topped Lawrenceville with two each while Wisner posted the lone multi-hit game for Olney.

Next game: The Lady Tigers host Robinson (9-6, 3-4) today in an LIC game postponed from Thursday due to rain. First pitch is 4:30 p.m.